Clontuskert or Clonthuskert, Galway
Historical Description
CLONTUSKERT, or CLONTHUSKERT, a parish, partly in the barony of LONGFORD, but chiefly in that of CLONMACNOON, county of GALWAY, and province of CONNAUGHT, 5 miles (N. N. W.) from Eyrecourt, on the road to Ballinasloe; containing 4002 inhabitants, and comprising 11,837 statute acres. Boadan, or Broadan, founded a monastery here for Augustinian canons, in the early part of the 9th century, and was the first abbot. Agriculture here is much improved, green crops having been introduced. The Ballinasloe canal passes through the parish: there are good limestone quarries, and at Tristane and Ballynoer are mills. The seats are Kelly's Grove, that of W. J. Kelly. Esq., Somerset House, of S. Seymour, Esq.; Gortnamona, of P. Blake, Esq.; Lismany, of W. Trench, Esq. and Killermin, of R. Maher, Esq. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Clonfert, and, with the greater portion of the rectory united, is part of the union of Clonfert: the other portion of the rectory is appropriate to the see: the tithes amount to £304. 12. 3¾., of which £46. 3. 1. is payable to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and £258. 9. 2¾. to the incumbent. The glebe-house was built in 1820, by aid of a gift of £250, and a loan of £450 from the same Board. The church, which is at Glanlahan, is a very neat building, with a spire of hewn stone; it was erected in 1818, by aid of a gift of £900 from the late Board of First Fruits. The R.C. parish is co-extensive with that of the Established Church, and has a chapel. There is a school at Glanlahan, aided by annual donations from the Earl of Clancarty and the rector; and at Bonla is another school: together they instruct about 270 boy. and 180 girls, besides whom, about 100 children are taught in three hedge schools. The ruins of the abbey are in good preservation: the gateway is still perfect, and the east window is very fine; and there are several ancient inscriptions, still very legible. The principal of which are those of the O'Kellys.
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Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Clontuskert or Clonthuskert from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1840 by Samuel Lewis (Clontuskert or Clonthuskert)
Land and Property
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